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Question at flat sharing viewing

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  • 27-06-2016 9:16pm
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    usernamegoes
    Registered Users Posts: 901 ✭✭✭


    So I am looking at trying to rent a room and want to have some questions when I attend the viewing with the current renter(s).

    Obviously, I am going to have to come up with some of my own depending on my preferences but I am looking for some general questions to give me a flavour of the current tenants without making it look like I'm interrogating them after all I want them to pick me too.

    Mainly I would like to weed out mentals, neurotics, but also get a good understanding of the house environment.


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    athtrasna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,420 ✭✭✭✭athtrasna


    Are you in Dublin? If so then you can have questions but it will probably put you out of the running. I had over 100 replies when I advertised a room last autumn and things have gotten worse since then.


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    usernamegoes
    Registered Users Posts: 901 ✭✭✭usernamegoes


    Wow, really? I thought it would be seen as a good thing; like when you go for a job you're supposed to ask some questions as they inform them about you too.


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    athtrasna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,420 ✭✭✭✭athtrasna


    usernamegoes wrote: »
    Wow, really? I thought it would be seen as a good thing; like when you go for a job you're supposed to ask some questions as they inform them about you too.

    Most likely that they will make a decision the minute you walk in the door. When I moved back to Dublin in 2000 it was almost as bad as now and it was the most frustrating thing ever.


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    4ensic15
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    Most decisions are made when the email comes. Only people who measure up as regards age, occupation and gender will even be invited to view.


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    Mrs OBumble
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    4ensic15 wrote: »
    Only people who measure up as regards age, occupation and gender will even be invited to view.

    True - but still a decision has to be made after that - by both parties. and that's sometimes done on personality. (Some people do take the first age/gender/occupation matching applicant - but you may not want to live with them.)

    In some ways, it doesn't matter what you ask - just that you are able to chat sensibly. And of course you are checking the same thing of your prospective housemates. Typical questions for doing this include:

    Where do you work - what do you do - what hours do you work?

    Where do people living around here go to the pub / clubbing / <<wherever you do your socialising>>

    How do you organise housework, and paying for common things (toilet paper, light bulbs, cleaning materials).

    How are bills (eg power) organised - what's the typical cost?

    What's the landlord like?

    What's the neighbourhood like? Are there any <<whatever you're in to>> clubs around here?


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